Re: [PLUG] Scripting question

[Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

JP, Michael, and others,

On 2/10/21 9:33 PM, JP Vossen via plug wrote:
> Way back when I used to write a lot of DOS/Windows batch files, that's 
> actually how I got into scripting.  You could actually do a lot more 
> with cmd.exe than most people knew, but it's still nothing compared to 
> a real shell or even PS.  I have some VERY old clues for those on 
> https://www.jpsdomain.org/windows/winshell.html and there might still 
> be useful bits there.

Yeah, 20 years ago, I used to do a lot of Windows BAT files too.
As JP says at his link above, Tim Hill's "Windows NT Shell Scripting"
book was a real eye-opener.  CMD.EXE was much weaker than a
a Unix shell, but it pointed me to a LOT of really obscure ways to
do things.  Microsoft hid capabilities of things like the '-exec"
option of the Unix "find" command in their FOR loop.  Same for
the basic ability to read from a file or a string.  And prompting the
user for input is hidden in the SET command.  Bizarre!

I wrote up tips about many of them.  See:
- http://bristle.com/Tips/Windows.htm#batch_file_tips

Enjoy!
--Fred
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